requiem mortis

Job Done ! Got the tonneau cover from ebay, parts from a cousin who works for ford 15 % discount (would have been cheaper to go to vw :o .... hey ho ). Some Notes. There is no need to dismount the tops of the seat belts - Unless you want to remove the panels completely from the vehicle I didn't and used a craft knife to cut the holes in situ once I could see the markings on the back - take care when cutting so as not to mark the fabric on the front remove the waste. The board is stuck to a foam backing on the back of the material, the foam backing comes away from the fabric with a bit of persuasion, then cut the fabric about an inch inside the hole that way you get a nice finish when the external trim/bracket is fitted. You don't need to fully remove C & D post trims just loosen the bottoms and take care when 'lifting' the panel to remove..see note above You do not need to remove the weather seals from around the doors/windows !. Watch out when replacing the D post trim the captive clip backs have a habit of disappearing behind the metal work with no hope of retrieval... :blink:.... rubber trim holds it in place quite happily without tho ^_^.

Right these may prove useful to anyone considering retro fitting a Tonneau cover themselves: Some illustrated pdf's on how to go about removing the 'Load Space Trim Panels'. Loadspace_Trim_Panel_RH.pdf C_Pillar_Trim_Panel.pdf D_Pillar_Trim_Panel.pdf Loadspace_Trim_Panel_LH.pdf

This might help to identify which part is which There are 2 different grey options. Flannel Grey (light) and Anrhracite Grey (Dark) Here's a Quote for the Anthracite grey option I got from http://www.fordpartsuk.com/ Galaxy 2000, (+)"GB", Diesel 1.9TI (130PS),5 Door Saloon, RHD -Load Compartment Retainer RH Part Number: 1051363(QTY1) Retail Price:

Got a list of Ford part no.s for 1.9 TDi Galaxy Zetec 2003 Grey Original SPN Selected SPN Description Unit Price QTY Code Price Tax Total 1051362 1051362 Retainer 9.76 1 GB 9.76 1.71 11.47 1051363 1051363 Retainer 9.76 1 GB 9.76 1.71 11.47 1127916 1127916 Retainer 1.78 1 GB 1.78 0.31 2.09 1127938 1127938 Retainer 1.78 1 GB 1.78 0.31 2.09 1148167 1148167 Retainer 11.66 1 GB 11.66 2.04 13.70 1148170 1148170 Support 11.66 1 GB 11.66 2.04 13.70 1009360 1420197 Bolt - Hex.Head 0.45 4 GC 1.80 0.31 2.11 7203591 7203591 Rivet - Blind 0.26 6 GC 1.56 0.27 1.83 7386488 7386488 Nut - Special 0.19 4 GC 0.76 0.13 0.89 Parts Totals 50.52 8.84 59.36 Sorry about the formatting I can't get the table to show properly however I've attached a picture of the table Grey SEAT Part No.s from Topic 3421 & Post=17 S7M0868795F Retainer 1 S7M0868796E Retainer 1 S7M3868776U71 Mounting 1 S7M3868775U71 Mounting 1 S7M0868778U71 Mounting 1 S7M0868777AU71 Mounting 1 SN0141423 Screw 4 SN0161943 Rivets 6 SN0386021 Nut 4 Heres the translated (Googled) from the VW parts link above VOLKSWAGEN Teilnummern: 7MO 868,775 C admission (left in front) 7MO 868,795 F retaining support (left in front) 7MO 868,776 C admission (right in front) 7MO 868,795 E retaining support (right in front) 7MO 868,777 A admission (left in the back) 7MO 868,778 admission (right in the back) N 038,602 1 die nuts (insges. four necessarily) N 014,142 3 fillister-head screws M6x20 (insges. four necessarily) N 016,194 3 blind rivets 4,8x 7.6 (insges. six necessarily) also commercial standard colors to consider

But wouldn't you need to inform your insurance and DVLA that your car is now a 7 Seater and no longer a 6 ??

There is so much stuff posted on the issue of retrofitting tonneau covers searching and collating the information is a real pain. this would be a prime candidate for someone to create a difinitive post and make it a sticky. Any volunteers ? Sorry to ask but I'm still getting to grips with the forum.

But now I'm worried Cutting the bits out is the easy part, the cut-outs are marked in dotted lines on the back of the panels. Getting the panels off is the time consuming bit. Oh and also..dont think anyone has mentioned there are 2 different types of Load cover one for Galaxys with rear heaters and one for those without rear heaters.....they are different lengths and the nearside rear bracket is different. The vast majority are for the Gals with rear heaters.....if you dont have a rear heater be careful !

http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...amp;#entry13389 Found The Answer Here Sorry about the two link attempts but not sure how to use the insert post link Quoting here too by 'sh55123' "Successfully managed to fit a genuine 2003 sharan load cover to my 1996 vr6 carat! Useful info to know that the covers do not appear to have changed even thouugh the 'new' shalaxy has undergone quite a number of changes."

I too would like and answer to this question...anyone ?